Looking at this week’s USCHO Poll, I am surprised that UND
didn’t drop further. I suppose we will see grumbling from the fans of other
teams. Now, let’s have some perspective. In the only poll that matters, UND is
no. 3 in the Pairwise Rankings, and they’re tied with SCSU for first in the
NCHC standings. UND still controls their destination. I do expect that Coach Berry and his staff will right the ship.

The University of North Dakota remains in second in this
week’s USCHO poll. UND coming off a bye week remained in the third of the
pairwise rankings.

Let’s take a look at the NCHC. St. Cloud State dropped a
spot in the USCHO rankings, but remained in second place of the more important
Pairwise Rankings. Rough patch aside, UNO is 12th in the USCHO poll, but in 9th
place of the Pairwise rankings. If the NCAA playoffs started today, UNO would
be a number three seed, yet will probably have to travel in the first round of
the NCHC playoffs. Denver is in 13th place in the USCHO poll but is in 12th of
the Pairwise Rankings.